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Shen Hui transmigrates into a food-themed novel as the vicious female supporting character.
Her father is a gambling addict, her stepmother is sharp-tongued, and her younger half-sister, the original female lead, is an innocent fool.
She has no intention of letting them bleed her dry, nor does she plan to fight over the original male lead like she’s picking through trash. She takes her sister and runs overnight, seeking refuge with an aunt who works at Prince Chu’s estate.
And so, Shen Hui goes to work in the animal pens, while her sister, Shen Wei, gets a job in the servants’ kitchen.
When she’s busy, Shen Hui pets cats and dogs, walks leopards, and trains lynxes. In her spare time, she visits the kitchen to mooch food and have her sister make pan-fried pork bones, fried meatballs, roast quail, crispy fried chicken, roast leg of lamb, hot pot, sweet pickled melon, scallion oil noodles...
Every now and then, she also watches the masters of the household scheme against one another.
Today, one side consort disrespects the princess consort. Tomorrow, some young lord plays a sneaky trick. The day after, one young lady steals something from another.
Eat, sleep, lie flat, and watch the drama. Life as a lazy fish is wonderful.
And so Shen Hui slowly goes about her lazy-fish life. The old emperor dies and Prince Chu takes the throne. Then Prince Chu dies, and a new emperor succeeds him.
Everyone thinks Shen Hui is blessed with good fortune.
She’s a first-rank court lady with an imperial title, trusted by the new emperor. Her wet nurse and aunt are enfeoffed as the Lady of Song. Her sisters’ shops bring in money by the day...
What wisdom has Shen Hui gained?
She sums it up this way: Stay out of the fighting and lie flat to stay safe.
Her husband, who looks like a lazy fish but is actually good at knowing when to retreat: My wife is right.
Reader’s guide:
1. Both leads are virgins. The female and male leads are genuinely lazy fish. They’ll fight back when trouble comes, but don’t expect them to be especially capable.
2. The male lead is neither the emperor nor a prince.
3. There are household and palace intrigues. The pace isn’t especially fast. The female lead will later become a court lady, but mostly she still lies flat, eating and drinking.
4. This is a fictional setting. Please don’t nitpick the historical details.
5. The original female lead isn’t villainized. The younger sister simply loves her big sister very much.
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The Noble Family’s Concubine
Being a concubine-born daughter is hard. Being a concubine-born daughter in a powerful family is even harder. Being a concubine-born daughter in the second branch of the Jing’an Marquis household is harder still.
So after transmigrating, Pei Rongyun chooses to lie flat and avoid “hard mode.”
She lets others scheme against one another while she hides away in a little courtyard, eating, drinking, and living as a carefree lazy fish.
Her concubine-born mother urges her to steal her elder sister’s match. She refuses again and again, saying sisters matter more than men.
Her half-sister pesters her for her hair ornaments. Not only does she not get angry, she even gives her some other things too, treating them like unwanted junk. Decluttering leaves her room much tidier.
Someone puts her name forward for the palace selection. She neither cries nor complains, calmly accepting it. She’s no good at music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, so she’s sure she won’t be chosen.
But then her legitimate younger sister suddenly makes a scene, insisting on entering the selection too.
And then both of them are chosen.
Her legitimate younger sister is granted the title of Crown Prince’s Concubine, while Pei Rongyun is betrothed as the principal consort to Prince Qi Zhao Che, infamous for his wicked reputation.
After the wedding, rumors spread that Pei Rongyun is having a miserable time.
She has to put up with Zhao Che never coming back to the residence at night, keeping women at his country estate, and having red fingernail marks on his face...
But Pei Rongyun, who sneaks off to the night market with Zhao Che for midnight snacks, spends long stretches at the estate obsessed with horse racing, cockfighting, and fishing, and accidentally scratches someone one time, can only think:
Her legitimate younger sister sure has a vivid imagination.
Reader’s guide:
1. Both leads are virgins.
2. The male lead does little more than run his mouth. He’s called a playboy because he neglects his duties in favor of horse racing, cockfighting, fishing, winemaking, drinking, and sightseeing. He’s called a bully because he punches eunuchs and kicks censors. It has nothing to do with women, and he won’t become emperor.
3. This is a fictional setting, with household and palace intrigues and a little child-rearing. For the most part, it’s a sweet story about love after marriage.
Theme: Live life to the fullest.
I just don't like Zhou Yueqing
Is it possible for this little Xie to be Er Niang's little face?
These two chapters are really enjoyable for everyone to play 🐶
The virtuous name of the emperor and empress was manipulated by Yuan Niang, hahahahahaha
It's very beautiful... I can't bear to see it end like this 😭
I finished reading it in one sitting over a few days. I was quite shocked. This article was surprisingly well written, and the characters all had strong character anchors. The heroine is really living a salty life, most of the time it is ordinary, but when you look at the supporting characters' lives, you can feel the undercurrent. It cannot be said to be a first-rate "palace fighting" novel, but it is really not bad, and after reading it, it is the author's first ancient novel, and it is worth looking forward to the next one.
It's good to read. It's rare to see a novel that isn't boring at the end these days.
Hey, the groom has been given a death notice.
I feel that it is really sad that a person cannot even rely on support and has to rely on external forces to clear his grievances. Sadly for his innocent heart
I don't really like Zhou Yueqing here 💔